Wolves bare teeth and sink Southampton for first win
WOLVERHAMPTON, England, 
– Wolverhampton Wanderers’ fastest goal in their Premier League history from Pablo Sarabia set up a long-awaited victory as they beat fellow strugglers Southampton 2-0 on Saturday to move off the bottom of the table. The hosts celebrated not only the win but also their first clean sheet of the season, but […]
Wissa double helps Brentford to 3-2 comeback win over Bournemouth
LONDON, – Brentford striker Yoane Wissa netted a double as his side twice came from behind to grab a 3-2 home win over Bournemouth in a rip-roaring mid-table Premier League clash on Saturday. Bournemouth were gifted the opener in the 17th minute as Sepp van den Berg’s disastrous back-pass went directly to Evanilson, and the […]
Brighton hire Niedzkowski as assistant head coach
LONDON, – Brighton & Hove Albion have appointed Daniel Niedzkowski as assistant head coach, the Premier League club said on Saturday. The 47-year-old German will leave his role as head of the German Football Association’s (DFB) coaches training programme and will begin at Brighton in January. “I am delighted to welcome Daniel to the club. […]
Struggling Bochum snatch 1-1 draw against Leverkusen with last-gasp equaliser
BOCHUM, Germany, 
– Koji Miyoshi scored an 89th minute goal to give strugglers VfL Bochum a 1-1 draw against visiting champions Bayer Leverkusen in the Bundesliga on Saturday. Leverkusen looked to be labouring to a 1-0 win when Miyoshi struck from close range to level to give new Bochum coach Dieter Hecking a successful […]
Stunning Musiala goal gives leaders Bayern 1-0 win at St Pauli
HAMBURG, Germany, – Bayern Munich earned a nervous 1-0 win at St Pauli thanks to a sensational 28-metre drive from Jamal Musiala to stay unbeaten and open a five-point lead atop the Bundesliga on Saturday. Bayern, fresh from their 1-0 Champions League win over Benfica courtesy of another goal from in-form Musiala, will go […]
Man City suffer fourth successive loss, Wolves finally win
LONDON, – Manchester City slumped to a fourth successive defeat as Brighton & Hove Albion hit back from a goal down to beat the struggling Premier League champions 2-1 at home on Saturday. Matt O’Riley’s goal condemned City manager Pep Guardiola to the worst run of his illustrious coaching career and left his side in […]
Calafiori and Gabbia out of Italy’s Nations League squad due to injury
Italy centre-backs Riccardo Calafiori and Matteo Gabbia have been left out of Luciano Spalletti’s squad for this month’s Nations League matches with Belgium and France through injury. Arsenal’s Calafiori suffered a knee problem in the Champions League against Shakhtar Donetsk last month, while AC Milan’s Gabbia has a calf injury. Spalletti on Friday also did […]
Banda brace sends pride into play off semis
Zambian forward Barbra Banda scored a brace in a player of the match performance for Orlando Pride who thrashed Chicago Red Stars 4-1 in a NWSL playoff quarter final encounter. Banda came into the match looking for her first goal since 29th September when she scored in the narrow win over Bay FC in the […]
Fenerbahce’s Mourinho suspended and fined for comments on Turkish referees
Fenerbahce coach Jose Mourinho has been suspended for one match and fined by the Turkish Football Federation (TFF) for criticising the performance of the Video Assistant Referee after a 3-2 Super Lig win at Trabzonspor. Trabzonspor were awarded two penalties in the second half following VAR interventions and with the scores level at 2-2 Mourinho […]
India’s Chopra brings on three-time Olympic champion Zelezny as coach
India’s two-time Olympic javelin medallist Neeraj Chopra has appointed Czech great Jan Zelezny as his coach, the 26-year-old said on Saturday. Chopra, who followed up his gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021 with a silver medal at this year’s Paris Games, had been coached by German Klaus Bartonietz, who retired this week. “Growing […]